Beijing pushes AI data centres to adopt green energy under action plan

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Beijing has introduced measures to ensure green energy usage becomes integral to new AI data center projects as part of its environmental strategy. This initiative is expected to help align the growth of AI with national carbon reduction goals.

Beijing is moving to make green electricity usage a key metric in the operation of new data centre projects, as part of a major push to align the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence with national carbon goals, according to an action plan released Friday. The policy document, jointly released by four bodies – the National Energy Administration, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and National Data Administration – encouraged operators...